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Damon and Pythias, 1632. Pen and brown ink, with brush and light brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and light brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper · 19.3 × 26.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Damon and Pythias
- Artist
- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino Cento 1591–1666 Bologna
- Date
- 1632
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and light brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 19.3 × 26.3 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Anne Searle Bent
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1591–1666
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.